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uprightness

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈʌpˌraɪtnɪs/


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
up•right /ˈʌpˌraɪt, ʌpˈraɪt/USA pronunciation   adj. 
  1. straight, erect, or vertical, as in position or posture:upright posture.
  2. raised or made vertically:[before a noun]an upright vacuum cleaner.
  3. being fair, right, honest, or just:an upright citizen.

n. [countable]
  1. something standing straight up, as a piece of timber.
  2. SportUsually, uprights. [plural] goalposts, as on a football field.
  3. Music and Dancean object designed to stand upright:The piano is an upright.

adv. 
  1. in an upright position or direction.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
up•right  (up′rīt′, up rīt′),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. erect or vertical, as in position or posture.
  2. raised or directed vertically or upward.
  3. adhering to rectitude;
    righteous, honest, or just:an upright person.
  4. being in accord with what is right:upright dealings.

n. 
  1. the state of being upright or vertical.
  2. something standing erect or vertical, as a piece of timber.
  3. Music and Dancean upright piano.
  4. SportUsually, uprights. [Chiefly Football.]the goalposts.

adv. 
  1. in an upright position or direction;
    vertically.

v.t. 
  1. to make upright.
  • Middle English, Old English upriht (cognate with German aufrecht). See up, right bef. 900
up′right′ly, adv. 
up′right′ness, n. 
    1. plumb. Upright, erect, vertical, perpendicular imply that something is in the posture of being straight upward, not leaning. That which is upright is in a position corresponding to that of a person standing up:a decaying tree no longer standing upright; an upright piano.Erect emphasizes the straightness of position or posture:proud and erect; A flagpole stands erect.Vertical suggests upward direction, esp. along the shortest line from the earth to a level above it:the vertical edge of a door; ornamented by vertical lines.Perpendicular, a term frequently interchangeable with vertical, is used esp. in mathematics:the perpendicular side of a right triangle; to erect a perpendicular line from the base of a figure. 3. honorable. 6. pole, prop, pier, pile, column.
    1. leaning, horizontal.
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